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DBSFri, 06 Mar 2015 01:34:20 GMT2015-03-06T01:34:20ZAutomated counter-terrorismhttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/1819
Title: Automated counter-terrorism
Authors: Ball, Leslie D.; Craven, Matthew
Abstract: We present a holistic systems view of automated intelligence analysis for counter-terrorism with focus on the behavioural attributes of terrorist groups.Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/18192013-01-01T00:00:00ZExtended warranties, maintenance service and lease contracts : modeling and analysis for decision-makinghttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/1794
Title: Extended warranties, maintenance service and lease contracts : modeling and analysis for decision-making
Authors: Jack, Nat; Murthy, D. N. P.
Abstract: - Equips readers to handle complex topics concerning extended warranties, maintenance service contracts and lease contracts ;
- Maximizes reader insights into the existing literature and presents results in an integrated manner using a game theoretic approach together with mathematical modelling ;
- Provides models and techniques necessary for proper cost analysis and effective decision-making.
Serving to unify the existing literature on extended warranties, maintenance service contracts and lease contracts, this book also presents a unique perspective on the topic focussed on cost analysis and decision-making from the perspectives of the parties involved.
Using a game theoretic approach together with mathematical modelling, results are presented in an integrated manner with key topics that require further research highlighted in order to serve as a starting point for researchers (engineers and statisticians) who are interested in doing further work in these areas.
Designed to assist practitioners (managers, engineers, applied statisticians) who are involved with extended warranties, maintenance service contracts and lease contracts, the book provides them with the models and techniques needed for proper cost analysis and effective decision-making.
The book is also suitable for use as a reference text in industrial engineering, applied statistics, operations research and management.Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/17942014-01-01T00:00:00ZTime-series cross-sectional environmental performance and disclosure relationship: specific evidence from a less-developed countryhttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/1693
Title: Time-series cross-sectional environmental performance and disclosure relationship: specific evidence from a less-developed country
Authors: Hassan, Aminu; Kouhy, Reza
Abstract: This paper relies on ‘vulnerability and exploitability’ framework to submit new insights into legitimacy theory and voluntary disclosure theory using specific empirical evidence from the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The study connects the voluntary and legitimizing disclosure behaviors, regarding carbon emission due to gas flaring, of dominant companies in the Nigerian upstream petroleum sector to the vulnerability and exploitability of Nigeria as a less developed country. The hypothesized relations between gas flaring-related environmental performance and two forms of its disclosure (volume and substance) are estimated and tested using Prais-Winsten regression with Panel Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE). While the paper uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to measure gas flaring-related carbon performance, the two forms of gas flaring-related disclosures are measured using content analysis. We document significant positive and negative association between gas flaring-related carbon emission performance, on one hand, and the volumetric disclosure and disclosure substance on the other hand. These results imply that while the positive relation confirms the vulnerable nature of Nigeria as a less developed country, the negative relation is linked to the country’s exploitability. It is also empirically established that environmental performance is one of the key factors responsible for the undulating trend in the volume of environmental disclosures by large corporations operating in less-developed countries.Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/16932014-07-01T00:00:00ZReview of the global oil and gas industry: a concise journey from ancient time to modern worldhttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/1692
Title: Review of the global oil and gas industry: a concise journey from ancient time to modern world
Authors: Hassan, Aminu
Abstract: This paper relies on available literature to embark on a historical journey regarding the discovery, development and use of petroleum and other hydrocarbon related energy resources by humankind. The author traces the exploration and usage of oil and gas from the ancient world down to the modern oil and gas industry which began in America and spread to other parts of the world. Based on this concise, and yet detailed, global historical review of the oil and gas industry, the paper concludes that so long as some alternative sources of energy are not discovered in economically large scale, hydrocarbons will continue to have their enormous dominance and influence on the world’s economy, politics and other social activities for many years to come.Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://hdl.handle.net/10373/16922013-07-01T00:00:00Z